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    A Review of Michelle Y. Burke’s Animal Purpose

    This review first appeared on Fourth & Sycamore. In the opening poem of Michelle Y. Burke’s poetry collection Animal Purpose (Ohio University Press) she tells of a horse that… Read more “A Review of Michelle Y. Burke’s Animal Purpose”

    September 23, 2016December 15, 2016 by David Nilsen

    A Review of Brenda Shaughnessy’s So Much Synth

    This review first appeared on Fourth & Sycamore. Though CDs were the primary media in music sales by the time I was a teenager, I am old… Read more “A Review of Brenda Shaughnessy’s So Much Synth”

    September 9, 2016December 15, 2016 by David Nilsen

    A Review of Witch Hunt by Juliet Escoria

    This review first appeared on Fourth & Sycamore. In “Flame War,” the poem that gives her debut poetry collection Witch Hunt its title, Juliet Escoria offers something of… Read more “A Review of Witch Hunt by Juliet Escoria”

    September 2, 2016December 15, 2016 by David Nilsen

    A Review of Look by Solmaz Sharif

    This review first appeared on Fourth & Sycamore. Solmaz Sharif’s debut poetry collection Look from Graywolf Press is a book that should provoke anger in its readers: anger because of the injustices… Read more “A Review of Look by Solmaz Sharif”

    August 31, 2016December 15, 2016 by David Nilsen

    A Review of You Can’t Pick Your Genre: Poems by Emily O’Neill

    “Does it take a village to end one girl?” – from “Who Should I Say Is Calling?” Emily O’Neill’s collection You Can’t Pick Your Genre (Jellyfish Highway, 2016)… Read more “A Review of You Can’t Pick Your Genre: Poems by Emily O’Neill”

    August 26, 2016December 15, 2016 by David Nilsen

    A Review of Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong

    This review first appeared on Fourth & Sycamore. “Even my name knelt down inside me, asking to be spared.” Ocean Vuong’s Night Sky with Exit Wounds (Copper Canyon… Read more “A Review of Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong”

    August 5, 2016December 15, 2016 by David Nilsen

    The Black Maria by Aracelis Girmay

     This review first appeared on Fourth & Sycamore. Aracelis Girmay’s new poetry collection The Black Maria (BOA Editions, 2016) is a perpetually shifting document, one that skirts from… Read more “The Black Maria by Aracelis Girmay”

    July 27, 2016February 8, 2017 by David Nilsen

    A Review of Divorce Procedures for the Hairdressers of a Metallic and Inconstant Goddess by Justin Isis

    Divorce Procedures for the Hairdressers of a Metallic and Inconstant Goddess by Justin Isis, if you can’t tell from the title, is a self-consciously strange little book,… Read more “A Review of Divorce Procedures for the Hairdressers of a Metallic and Inconstant Goddess by Justin Isis”

    July 22, 2016December 15, 2016 by David Nilsen

    A Review of Waiting Room by Jennifer Zilm

    This review first appeared on Fourth & Sycamore. Jennifer Zilm’s debut poetry book Waiting Room(BookThug, 2016) is a curious collection. From Zilm’s disparate roles–Bible student and scholar, dental and… Read more “A Review of Waiting Room by Jennifer Zilm”

    July 15, 2016December 15, 2016 by David Nilsen

    A Review of Cynthia Cruz’s How the End Begins

    This review first appeared on Fourth & Sycamore.  History wants to hurt you. Cynthia Cruz asserts this in the opening poem of How the End Begins, her new poetry… Read more “A Review of Cynthia Cruz’s How the End Begins”

    July 8, 2016March 29, 2018 by David Nilsen

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